{"product_id":"a-matter-of-detail-anthropology-philosophy-and-aesthetics-hardcover","title":"A Matter of Detail: Anthropology, Philosophy, and Aesthetics - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Brandel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVeena Das\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSandra Laugier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Matter of Detail\u003c\/em\u003e inspires new ways of thinking about detail by bringing anthropology, philosophy, art history, and aesthetics into direct conversation. Co-editors Brandel, Das, Laugier, and Pitrou challenge a long-standing assumption that the history of detail begins with European modernity and follows a teleological course from an object of scorn to a sign of the good. In its place, they offer a history of attention to detail that draws on classical and vernacular histories and traditions found in grammar, ritual, and poetics around the world. Emphasizing detail as a method and moving between its usage as a noun (detail) and a verb (detailing) enables them to tell stories about the reassembly of detail across accidents, contingencies, and unintended consequences.\u003cbr\u003eFrom this vantage, the book argues that details are not always small and insignificant. Rather, there is a dynamic relationship between the minute and the grand, detail and surface, which makes the proliferation of details threatening to the idea of an authoritative and integrated imagination of the whole. This expanded context generates ways of conceiving detail as a conceptual and moral mode of self-formation and being toward others, both human and non-human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Brandel is an associate instructional professor of the social sciences at the University of Chicago. Veena Das is a professor emerita of anthropology at the Johns Hopkins University. Sandra Laugier is a professor of philosophy at Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. Perig Pitrou is a CNRS senior researcher at the Maison Française d'Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 9.14 x 6.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464740978941,"sku":"9781487550646","price":112.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/xkqxdi7ToM9781487550646.webp?v=1777261640","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/a-matter-of-detail-anthropology-philosophy-and-aesthetics-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}